The City of Glendora seeks enthusiastic and motivated individuals with high moral standards and a desire to contribute to Glendora’s quality of life to join our team in the Police Department in supporting and serving our community with dedication, excellence and mutual respect. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and the ability to remain calm and tactful during stressful situations. Outstanding customer service and communication skills are a must.

The County of Yuba is currently recruiting for full-time Public Safety Dispatcher positions within the Sheriff’s Department. The incumbent receives 9-1-1 system sheriff, fire, medical emergency and rescue calls; dispatches sheriff, fire and medical personnel following established procedures; maintains communication with officers in the field to ensure safety and provide back-up and information; provides relief coverage for the records unit; and performs related work as assigned.

Public Safety Dispatcher

This agency is not using CalOpps to accept online applications for this recruitment. Please read the job announcement for details on how to apply.

We invite you to start an exciting career in a fast-paced

environment where you make an impact of the lives,

of people who live, visit, and work in the City of Palo Alto.

Why a Public Safety Dispatcher for the City of Palo Alto

This unique and exciting role as a Public Safety Dispatcher for the City of Palo Alto is the unique variation of dispatching emergency and non-emergency equipment and personnel in response to calls for service including Police, Fire, Ambulance, Utilities, Public Works, and Animal Control services in a state-of-the-art 911 dispatch center!

Qualities of a Successful Public Safety Dispatcher

Are you highly motivated and able to find creative solutions?

Are you a strong communicator with a skill-set to remain calm in stressful situations and elicit pertinent information?

Are you people-oriented with excellent interpersonal skills?

Are you able to multi-task in a fast paced environment?

Are you able to apply your excellent computer skills to new state of the art technology?

If you have what it takes to become a successful Public Safety Dispatcher, we invite you to step up and answer the call! Bilingual candidates are highly encouraged to apply and will receive language incentive pay upon successful completion of a language test.

What You Will Need

Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate the possession of the following knowledge skills and abilities which would typically be acquired through:

Public Safety Dispatcher I/II

EDUCATION: High school graduate or GED, and

Public Safety Dispatcher II

EXPERIENCE: One year of public safety dispatching experience comprised of law enforcement or fire service dispatch responsibilities.

CERTIFICATE: Possession of a California P.O.S.T. Public Safety Dispatcher Basic Certificate and experience with emergency medical dispatching and computer-aided dispatching are preferred.

READY TO APPLY? First Step Prior to ApplyingPrior to submitting your application please complete the following steps:

For the Public Safety Dispatcher I candidates, you must take the CritiCall test at the South Bay Regional Training Consortium in San Jose. These exams are held monthly. More information can be found at their website www.theacademy.ca.gov. Click on the Assessment Testing tab and then locate the CritiCall Dispatch Test link. The current fee to take the exam is $75 and this must be paid by you, the applicant.

Once you have taken the exam and passed, then you may proceed by applying to the position.

For the Public Safety Dispatcher II candidates, you can proceed to the application process.

How To ApplyCongratulations on taking and passing the CritiCall exam. The next step in the process is to submit your City of Palo Alto application.

Click on the "apply" tab. For an online employment guide, please click here.

When submitting your application, please do not attach any other certifications or paperwork beyond a resume and your Critical Exam. (This includes typing certifications, letters of recommendation, P.O.S.T. certificates, T-scores, degrees, diplomas, etc. Once we need these documents, we will let you know.)

If you are already a Public Safety Dispatcher at a Police or Fire agency in California with your Basic P.O.S.T. Dispatcher certificate and at least one year of experience in the previous 5 years, you will be considered for the Public Safety Dispatcher II level.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The interview, selection, and training process for being a Public Safety Dispatcher are challenging. It has multiple phases and, depending on the training schedule, may result in a lengthy selection process (up to one full year) before being offered a position. Part of our selection criteria includes how well an applicant can read, understand, and follow instructions through this process. Please do your best to comply with the requests we make of you throughout the selection process.

The City of Yuba City is currently recruiting for Public Safety Dispatcher II - Lateral. Public Safety Dispatchers operate Police, Fire, and local government radio equipment; dispatch mobile units and provide Emergency Medical Dispatch instructions while performing other related duties. This is a journey-level dispatch position which requires the ability to work independently and prioritize information effectively and productively. Dispatchers are assigned to varying work schedules, nights, weekends, holidays and overtime as required.

About the City

Yuba City, with a population of just over 65,000, is located 41 miles north of the state capitol, Sacramento, at the crossroads of Highway 99 and Highway 20, in the central part of the Sacramento Valley. Nestled between the famous Sutter Butte Mountain Range and the picturesque Feather River, and just a short drive north of Sacramento, the City of Yuba City acts as the regional center for the 120,000 people that live within a 15-minute drive.

The area offers excellent outdoor activities such as hiking, boating, fishing, water skiing, hunting, biking, horseback riding, and is within a comfortable driving distance of the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe, and other recreational areas. The City is the perfect mix of urban convenience and lifestyle options along with the friendliness and charm of a small town. A historic downtown and modern shopping facilities make shopping convenient and a pleasure. The City prides itself in its well maintained parks and aquatic center, while offering a wide range of recreational activities for the entire family.

Police Service Representative I

Salary: 46070.00 - 55998.00 Annually

Job Category: Public Safety Dispatch

Location: Los Angeles Area

Job Type: Full-Time

Close Date: Continuous

The City of Glendora seeks enthusiastic and motivated individuals with high moral standards and a desire to contribute to Glendora’s quality of life to join our team in the Police Department in supporting and serving our community with dedication, excellence and mutual respect. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills and the ability to remain calm and tactful during stressful situations. Outstanding customer service and communication skills are a must.

If you are excited about delivering the highest level of public safety and service and enjoy creatively solving problems, we invite your application!

Under general supervision, receives requests for law enforcement services and dispatches units via radio; maintains contact with department personnel in the field; completes related forms; performs related duties as required.

Some of the typical duties of the Police Service Representative I include but are not limited to, the following:

Receives requests for police or other emergency services over the phone; answers 911 calls; screens incoming calls to determine necessity, priority, and type of response required; monitors other radio frequencies to be aware of incidents elsewhere that may affect City police operations; monitors cameras throughout the building.

Dispatches, as necessary, police units in response to calls for service or requests from officers in the field; uses law enforcement terminology and cites Code sections by number; calls public and private agencies, such as allied law enforcement, hospitals, towing services, and utilities and requests mutual assistance when necessary; acts as liaison to other City Departments.

Keeps track of police unit locations and status; maintains constant radio communication with personnel in the field; runs warrant checks on subjects, registration checks on vehicles, criminal histories and property checks; relays information and instructions to personnel in the field.

Maintains accurate log of incoming service requests and actions taken; prepares other reports and records as directed; maintains files necessary for dispatch as assigned; enters, updates, and retrieves information from the computer and teletype networks.

Provides general information to the public; as necessary, refers callers to appropriate agencies; calms angered or distraught callers; maintains calm in radio transmissions during hectic, tense, and dangerous situations; may assist citizens and police officers with translation related needs.

Provides temporary and vacation relief for other staff as necessary; may occasionally perform same sex body searches in absence of other personnel.

For a complete job description, applicants may go to the City’s website at www.ci.glendora.ca.us or contact the Human Resources & Risk Management Department.

Education and Experience:

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be graduation from high school or equivalent.

Knowledge and Skill Levels:

Considerable knowledge of office procedures, record keeping system, forms, correspondence, reports and other materials common to operation of a police department; police dispatching procedures and the laws and regulations governing the use of dispatching equipment in a law enforcement agency; agencies involved with police activities; Penal Code, Vehicle Code, and local municipal code; 911 system and TDD Deaf Translation System; computerized systems used in municipal law enforcement agencies.

A Typing Certificate with a typing speed of at least 25 net wpm and dated within the last six months is required to be submitted with your application. INTERNET TYPING CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

The successful candidate must be willing and available to work weekends, holidays and nights on a routine scheduled basis.

Selection Process:

All applications will be reviewed and evaluated. Those candidates who are determined to be best qualified based upon the information presented on the application materials will be invited to continue in the selection process which may include a qualifying written or performance evaluation and will include an interview weighted 100%.

CANDIDATES INVITED TO THE NEXT STEP IN THE SELECTION PROCESS WILL BE NOTIFIED VIA E-MAIL AT LEAST 1-2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT DATE.

APPLICANTS MAY NOT APPLY FOR THIS POSITION MORE THAN ONCE IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD.

APPLY ONLINE AT:www.CalOpps.orgCLOSING DATE: CONTINUOUS. OPEN UNTIL THE NEEDS OF THE CITY ARE MET.. A completed online employment application is required and must be submitted at www.calopps.org. Incomplete, late, emailed, faxed, and hard copy applications are not accepted. Resumes are not considered in lieu of the required employment application available at CalOpps. Certificates, resumes, and cover letters must be uploaded with your application on the CalOpps website. The City of Glendora is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The City does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, religion, national origin, marital status, medical condition or disability. Please notify the Human Resources & Risk Management Department in advance if you require special accommodations to participate in any phase of the selection process.

THE POSITION: The City of Los Banos is seeking an individual to fill the position of Dispatcher in the Police Department. This individual will perform a variety of duties including but not limited to answering emergency and non-emergency radio and telephone communications, dispatching personnel and equipment, searching inmates, conducting checks of entire jail facility and assisting with other jail functions, entering police reports into computer system, and other related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Eighteen (18) years of age or older; High School Diploma or equivalent; must provide a typing certificate for at least 35 NWPM dated withing four (4) years of application date (no online certificates accepted); shift work required (nights, weekends, holidays); experience dispatching police and/or fire services for a public safety agency is highly desirable; no history of arrest or conviction that may impair the candidate's ability to perform required duties.

THE BENEFITS: The City offers an excellent benefit package that includes: a) Retirement: California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS); b) Health Insurance: City pays approved health insurance premium through CalPERS for employee only and partial dependent costs; c) Dental and Vision Insurance: City pays approved dental and vision insurance premiums for employee only and partial dependent costs; d) Life Insurance: City provides $50,000 life insurance coverage for employee only, buy-up options are available; e) Vacation Allowance: two (2) weeks paid vacation after one (1) year, three (3) weeks after five (5) years, four (4) weeks after fifteen (15) years of employment; f) Sick Leave: Accumulated at a rate of one (1) day per month with no maximum accrual; g) Deferred Compensation: Option to participate in plans through Mass Mutual, Nationwide Solutions, or ICMA-RC.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES: Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Answer emergency and non-emergency radio and telephone communications; prioritize that incoming information, dispatch personnel and equipment.• Assist citizens who enter the police facility, routing them to other personnel providing them with information, etc.• Search inmates, conduct checks of entire jail facility and assist with other jail functions.• Enter police reports (handwritten or tape-recorded) into computer system.• Enter, update and retrieve information from teletype/computer networks relating to confidential information about persons and property.• Perform a variety of general clerical duties.• Train newly assigned personnel.

Ability to:• Understand and follow both oral and written instructions, and spell accurately.• Hear telephone and radio voice communications and speak clearly and precisely• Work rotating shifts.• Remain calm while dealing with multiple emergency situations.• Establish and maintain effective interpersonal relationships with co-workers and members of the public.• Exercise independent judgment and work with a minimum of supervision.• Operate teletype and other office equipment quickly, accurately and at times concurrently.• Type at a speed of 35 NWPM.• Learn and effectively use standard broadcasting procedures.• Safely and effectively search prisoners.

Public Safety Dispatcher

Salary: 3977.00 - 4375.00 Monthly

Job Category: Public Safety Dispatch

Location: Northern California Inland

Job Type: Full-Time

Close Date: 05/29/2018

The County of Yuba is currently recruiting for full-time Public Safety Dispatcher positions within the Sheriff’s Department. The incumbent receives 9-1-1 system sheriff, fire, medical emergency and rescue calls; dispatches sheriff, fire and medical personnel following established procedures; maintains communication with officers in the field to ensure safety and provide back-up and information; provides relief coverage for the records unit; and performs related work as assigned. These classifications require shift work and the ability to make decisions and act appropriately in stressful situations. The work also involves interdepartmental cooperation with various public safety agencies located throughout the County to coordinate the most effective response to requests for assistance from the public.

About the Sheriff's Department:

The Yuba County Sheriff's Office is comprised of multiple divisions along with the Administrative Services Unit. The Sheriff's Office provides full services to the Yuba County community, an estimated population of about 70,000, with substations in located in Olivehurst, Plumas Lake and Brownsville.

Housing and Community Development Manager

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Housing and Community Development Manager

Recruitment #18-2960-01

Annual Salary $103,916 - $126,172

Alameda County Housing and Community Development is seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to immediately fill the vacant position of Housing and Community Development Manager (HCD Manager) position. This is a critical position in the management of the Housing and Community Development Department, with oversight for affordable housing lending and asset management of over100 completed developments and both federal and local funding sources. With the passage of Measure A1, the County’s $580 Million Affordable Housing Bond, the work of creating new affordable housing has never been more exciting.

The HCD Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, directing and supervising the work of housing and community development programs in a division of the Community Development Agency’s Housing and Community Development Department. The selected candidate will be responsible for both the performance of direct professional work in affordable housing development and be responsible for supervising lower level staff performing similar work. Work in this division includes project review, underwriting, implementation, monitoring and ensuring compliance of new housing developments utilizing County funding for affordable housing. Responsibilities will also include project and program planning, grant applications and administration, environmental review, public relations, record keeping, preparation of required reports, and other related duties as required.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in affordable housing and community development and have strong analytical skills, excellent writing skills, ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, be organized and detail oriented, comfortable with public presentations and have sensitivity to working with people of different cultural backgrounds.

Specifically, the ideal candidate will be:

Great communicator and listener, quick and clear thinker who can clearly articulate information to multiple forums, both verbally and in writing.

Politically astute leader, possessing the skills necessary for identifying, navigating and successfully interacting within the dynamics of Federal, State and local government while maintaining sensitivity to the competing needs of a wide variety of stakeholders.

Sound decision maker with the ability to identify & understand complex problems and concepts, apply logical thinking and quantitative methods of gathering and analyzing information and exercise good judgment based on available data, design solutions to problems, formulate and articulate action plans proactively and collaboratively.